E-mails

Narration

"Wait! Don't leave me!" Nayeon shouted at the top of her lungs. She just arrived at the stop and just saw the bus they were supposed to ride go on leave without her. The bus turned into an abrupt stop. She immediately climbed came in and apologized to the driver. She cranned her neck until she saw her 8 friends sitting on the last row of seats.

"Hey, you made it," Jeongyeon teased her. She was always late for their meetings.

"Yeah, thanks for leaving me."

"We already waited long enought. Look at the time it's 2:10 pm, we're all late because of waiting for you to come," Tzuyu scolded the older one. She was more matured compared to her. Inside their friend group she was like the eldest daughter while Jeongyeon and Jihyo were the daddy and mommy respectively.

"Calm down." That was all that Jihyo said because she got nervous because they were nearing the park. You're just gonna meet him because you want Momo and Hoseok to get along. Calm down, she told herself.

The bus stopped near the park and all 9 girls got out and walked to the entrance of the park.

***

"Joon, they're late," Yoongi said.

"I'm sure they have a valid reason. Maybe their bus broke down or something," Namjoon defended. They were already there at around 1:45 pm because Jin insisted that it woild look bad if the girls arrived first.

"Look there they are, maybe?" Taehyung said, pointing at 9 girls who just entered the entrance.

"We'll know if they approach us. IAmThomas knows who I am." Taehyung wasn't wrong the nine girls did approach them. Jungkook approached the tallest girl and threw his arms around her.

"Tzu, you didn't tell me you were gonna come here."

"Sorry Kookie, my battery was empty."

"I am really sorry for coming here late. One of us had some issues," Jihyo explained to the guys once she was close enough. The girls eyed Nayeon who blushed at Jihyo's statement.

Namjoon looked at the girl standing in front of him. She has really huge eyes. He didn't hear what she said because he was so focused on her yes so Jin was the one who replied. "It's OK. We just arrived."

"I am really sorry," Jihyo apologized again. She looked around her and saw Jimin looking playfully at Namjoon. Jihyo just noticed that he was staring at her.

"Nice to meet all of you. My name is Jihyo Park. Jimin's cousin. These aremy friends Mina," she pointed to the long brown haired girl beside her. "Dahyun..." the pink and violet haired gir. "Jeongyeon..." the one with the shortest hair compared to all nine. "Nayeon..." the one with the rabit teeth, "Tzuyu..." the tallest girl in Jungkook's arms. "Chaeyoung..." the orange hair with bangs girl, "Sana and Momo." she last pointed at 2 girls holding hands while looking at the flowers.

"I'm Namjoon-"

Jimin cuts him off. "They already know all of us. Can we please just enter the cafe? It's really hot out here." They all agreed at 2 things, first, that was kind of rude and second, he was right.

"What do you girls want to order? I already know what the guys want," Namjoon asked after they chose their table.

"I'll come with you. I already know what they want," Jihyo said as she stood up from her seat to come with Namjoon. As she went she walked past Momo and tapped her shoulders. "Let's go."

"I want to order 4 milkteas, 2 cappucinos, 2 americanoes and 1 brewed coffee," Jihyo said as soon as the lady at the cashier asked them. "How 'bout you?" She turned to Namjoon.

"Same beverages except for the 2 americanoes. And can we get 5 slices of red velvet cake, 5 slices of chocolate cake and 4 muffins. Thank you."

"That would be 300 dollars." The lady looked at them from the cashier.

"Here," they both said and handed their credit cards at the same time. The lady smiled at them and asked them which card should she take.

"I insist on paying," Namjoon handed his card to the lady and gave Jihyo her card back.

"May I ask a question?" Namjoon broke the silence as they waited for their order that was taking a while.

"You're already asking one but sure," Jihyo said, smilling at him. "By the way thank you for paying."

"No problem," Namjoon said, scratching the back of his neck. To him Jihyo looked cute all smiling like that. "Are you IAmThomas?"

"Oh, sorry for not saying it sooner but yes, I am IAmThomas." Their order was now ready to be taken to their table and Namjoon made a sign at Jin and Jimin to help them carry everything.

"Finally," Momo and Hoseok exclaimed. They were so hungry because of all the waiting. The four distributed everything and sat down. Everyone started eatingand getting to know each other except for 4 people who weren't even talking to anyone. They were all just staring at their beverage and cake.

"So, why did you finally agreed in meeting me?" Namjoon asked Jihyo who was stealing glances at Momo who was also stealing glances at Hoseok who was sitting nervously beside her.

"Truth be told I didn't want to but..." Jihyo trailed off. She looked at Namjoon and hesitated before asking. "Can I trust you with a little secret?" The guy noddes as his answer and looked at her attentively. "Actually I wanna make Momo and Hoseok talk to each other. Momo has a little crush on him," she whispered to Namjoon and the later gasped.

Namjoon was kind of dissapointed because Jihyo didn't want to see him and she only agreed to have Momo and Hoseok to talk. "Want me to help?" he asked.

"You want to help?" Jihyo was shocked at the man she was talking to. "Deal!"

"Can I have your number? So that we can talk conveniently." Jihyo asked for his phone and typed her number with her name. "IAmThomas," Namjoon read the name of the contact. "Why is it IAmThomas?"

"Thomas is actually a nickname my friends gave me. They say that my eyes were big, big like Thomas the train's." After hearing the explaination he chuckled and Jihyo soon joined in.